Butler University Athletics

2008: The team's top power hitter in 2008, belting a HorizonLeague-high 13 home runs and totaling 42 RBI...named to theAll-Horizon League Second Team as a shortstop...batted .295 with ateam-best 51 hits, 38 runs scored, 42 RBI and 98 total bases...his.566 slugging percentage was also tops on the team...hit .366 witha team-high 34 hits, 11 homers, 27 runs, 34 RBI and 72 total basesin just 24 games...tied the Butler single-game record with threehome runs and 13 total bases in a game at Valparaiso on April 26,going 4-for-6 at the plate...his seven RBI in that game were justone shy of tying the single-game mark...finished 4-for-5 at theplate with four runs scored and five RBI against Milwaukee (March29)...his four runs scored were tied for the team's single-gamehigh during the year...went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runsscored at Youngstown State (April 19)...homered twice, drove infour runs and scored three in the second game of a double-header atMilwaukee (May 10)...homered and scored twice in the Horizon LeagueChampionship First Round game against Valparaiso (May 20)...had aneight-game hitting streak from April 2-12...had 14 multi-hit games,including four with three or more...also made a pitching appearancein relief, allowing one hit and striking out two in a scorelessinning against Dayton (April 23)...2007: Was the only Butler playerto see action in every game during the year, starting in all butone...ranked third on the squad in 2007 and is the team's topreturning hitter with a .324 batting average...led the team andranked tied for 10th in the Horizon League with 41 runsscored...also paced the squad with 68 hits, 21 walks and 11doubles...second on the team with five homers, five steals and 31RBI...named the Horizon League Player of the Week on April2...notched 20 multi-hit games, including seven with three ormore...scored two or more times in 11 contests...opened the seasonwith hits in 12 of the first 13 games...posted a season-long sevengame hitting streak from May 12-19, going 15-for-33 (.455) duringthat span...went 5-for-11 with five runs scored and three RBIagainst Cleveland State (3/30-31)...posted a 4-for-8 clip with tworuns and two RBI in a twin-bill at Milwaukee (4/7)...went 3-for-6with three runs scored and an RBI at Youngstown State(4/28)...drove in two runs and scored twice in a 4-for-4 showing atValparaiso (5/1)...2006: First Team All-Horizon League atshortstop...the Bulldogs' top returning hitter, starting in 53 of56 games played...tied for second on the team with 61 hits andthird on the squad with 25 RBI...had a nine-game hitting streakfrom April 11-22...scored three times and drove in two runs on fourhits against Youngstown State (3/25)...drove in three runs on twohits against Indiana (3/29)...posted 15 multi-hit games...2005: Sawaction in 46 games, including 40 as a starter, in his initialseason with the Bulldogs...earned second team All-Horizon Leaguehonors...finished as Butler's third leading hitter...placed 12th inthe Horizon League in hitting...finished second on the team inRBI...compiled an eight-game hitting streak during the season...had16 multiple-hit games...posted a career-high four hits and scoredfour runs in Butler's victory over Earlham...had nine hits anddrove in six runs in Butler's four-game series with UIC...hit hisfirst collegiate home run against UW-Milwaukee...finished with a.946 fielding percentage and wound up second on the team with 106assists...High School: Varsity letterwinner in both baseball andfootball at Notre Dame High School...two-year starter inbaseball...helped lead high school squad to a state championship asa senior...batted .417 in 2003 and .370 in 2004...had a team-high17 doubles as a senior...two-time all-conference footballplayer...set a school record with 10 pass interceptions...highschool coach: Rick Kostuch...Personal: Born January 20, 1986...sonof Steve and Cathy Pauley...secondary education major.